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Allyson

Allyson means "noble kind", according to etymological references. It peaked in the 1990s and has aged gracefully since then. In the current registry, it is a name plenty of people share. Across the twelve decades this registry covers, it appears in 8 of them.

EtymologyVariant of Alison
EtymologyMeaning "noble kind"
Also spelled: Allison, Alison
Births by decade
1900s
0
1910s
0
1920s
0
1930s
0
1940s
231
1950s
1,205
1960s
3,089
1970s
4,756
1980s
7,207
1990s
13,264
2000s
12,948
2010s
8,068
Peaked in the 1990s · 50,768 total U.S. births since 1900